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Etsy CEO on Building a Lean Start-Up: Deploy, Deploy, Deploy

Lauren Goode in Commerce on March 10 at 12:22 pm PT

The key to building a successful start-up and keeping employees happy is using a “deployinator” button, Etsy’s CEO says.

Exclusive: Yahoo Hires Heidrick & Struggles for CEO Search

Kara Swisher in News on October 13, 2011 at 4:53 pm PT

According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo has hired Heidrick & Struggles for its CEO search. I am, naturally, waiting by the phone for the call.

Exclusive: Carol Bartz Out at Yahoo; CFO Tim Morse Named Interim CEO

Kara Swisher in News on September 6, 2011 at 3:55 pm PT

According to sources at the company, Yahoo’s Carol Bartz is no longer CEO of Yahoo. CFO Tim Morse has been named interim CEO. The situation around the departure is unclear, but Bartz has had a rocky tenure in her 30 months at the company.

Biz Punches Back at Fortune's Twitter-Bashing (Sort Of!)

Kara Swisher in News on April 15, 2011 at 6:35 am PT

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone took time off from his myriad of witty talk show appearances to slap around a just-published Fortune story that was titled–get it?–”Trouble@ Twitter.” Was it a knockout?

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WakeMate Finally Ships–Will You Sleep Better Now That It's Watching You?

Voices, Associate Editor, All Things Digital in News on December 22, 2010 at 1:58 pm PT

After a year of delays, promises and refunded deposits, the WakeMate sleep monitoring gadget is finally shipping. But do you want it watching you sleep?

Here Comes the Yahoo Spin Cycle–So Try BoomTown's Soap-Free Guide to What's Actually Happening

Kara Swisher in News on September 30, 2010 at 12:53 am PT

Here’s how Yahoo’s top brass and board–with the help of its newly re-engaged crisis-management PR firm, Abernathy MacGregor–are already trying to spin the latest executive turmoil to hit the company: Trashing those on the way out, to take focus off those remaining who have been just as responsible for driving the Internet icon, and claiming that this is all part of yet another well-planned reorganization at Yahoo. Don’t believe most of it for a second. Some of it is corporate politics as usual, some of it rejiggering of events, some just not true at all.

Wallow in Microsoft's Q4 Glory: The Show-Me-the-Money Slides

Kara Swisher in News on July 22, 2010 at 3:55 pm PT

As it turned out, Microsoft blew past even the sunniest Wall Street expectations in its fourth-quarter earnings, spurred by a robust PC upgrade cycle. BoomTown was on a plane jetting to Aspen for the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, so I missed liveblogging the conference call this afternoon (sorry, Frank!). Here are the software giant’s slides of the financial results to peruse at your leisure.

Prediction: 1.2 Million iPads Sold in June Quarter and a New iPhone Form Factor

John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 24, 2010 at 10:02 am PT

This is, perhaps, stating the obvious, but 2010 is likely to be a big year for Apple. With the iPad set to arrive April 3 and the company presumably heading into an iPhone upgrade cycle, Apple is poised to move a lot of product in the coming months. That’s the word from Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes, who is quite bullish about Apple’s prospects.

Intel’s Hardcore Six-Core

John Paczkowski in News on March 16, 2010 at 2:10 pm PT

Looks like the CPU refresh cycle is officially underway. This morning, Intel formally launched its new six-core “Westmere EP” Xeon processors, and according to Intel, vendors like Dell, IBM and Hewlett-Packard are already gobbling them up.

PC Makers Bracing for Back-to-Cruel Season

John Paczkowski in News on May 18, 2009 at 1:24 pm PT

PC vendors hoping for a sooner-than-expected recovery later this year best prepare themselves for disappointment. No quick recovery is likely, according to J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz, who says the PC market will remain in a shambles throughout 2009.